I think I Broke the Truck!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Most traumatic experience in the last week, by far! I went to wash the L today and get it all detailed for the “mini-meet” this afternoon in Orlando.
I am used to the Mustang and how I care for it, I always power wash the engine bay. I spray it down with degreaser and power wash it and VIOLA-magically it’s pretty and shiny and ready to go.
With the L having a build engine I consulted a few sources about it, said I would be good to go as long as I didn’t’ get the cops wet (where the plugs are, apparently? Who knew?) I let the engine cool down, rand the Inter-cooler fan & the radiator fan. Which are wired to run if I want them to once the truck is off, but the key is still engaged. I let the fans run while I washed the truck at the car wash. I degreased it and carefully covered the air filter. Let it sit for the recommended fifteen minutes.
I power wash the bay of the engine down, finish drying the truck, close the hood, jump into the truck and start it….well attempt to start it. No Go. Truck won’t crank over! Ah! First thought was immediate panic attack, I thought “Oh shit, I fucked up the Built Motor…NOOOOOOOOOOO” and then I began to scold myself “I knew not to wash the fucking motor, it’s nothing like the mustang, I am fucking stupid, I’ve had this thing for a week and already fucking broke it? REALLY? Glad I just threw thousands of dollars down the drain” I am just beside myself, on top of this, who the hell am I going to call to rescue my ass?
I called “ShesGotIt” and told her what’s up and she pretty much put my mind to ease saying it’s the battery. I wasn’t completely convinced but I was turning on the radio and it was a no-go. So eventually I came to that conclusion too!
Now, time to get a jump, I asked everyone at the car wash, no one had cables, I am about a mile or so away from home on a hot day, don’t want to walk back to get another car and cables, then I am stuck with two cars and one driver. I looked around all office buildings, crap! I texted “CarpetCleaner” whom I don’t speak to much anymore due to an incident involving the “missing” of my carpet cleaner (hence the name) and she wasn’t home either, thank god, I didn’t want her to have to rescue me, or explain I had an L now.
I sat in the truck thinking what to do, how can I get myself out of this situation without having anyone to have to “rescue me” this is about the time I thought it would be nice to have a boyfriend to come save the day. Single life sometimes sucks, this is that time it does.
I walk around the car wash again, for what feels like the twentieth time. Again thinking I should have AAA since boyfriend doesn’t exist in my life. Ugh. Life would be too simple if I actually signed up with AAA when I thought about it BEFORE this happened.

Then I see it, a Brakes Plus in the same parking lot, it’s in a new building and off to the far side (away from where I was, easy to miss) Finally! I went inside told the guys I needed a jump and they came right over.

Jumped me with a civic, the L started right up and then died. Needed more power, let the L run while still having the civic run. Success. I am feeling so much better and less stupid at this point. Talk to the guy about my truck for a little bit while its charging, and I am off, back home to change and head to the meet.

Glad it was something simple. I am never washing the bay ever again, even though it wasn’t the water that hurt anything. Lesson learned!